Improvement in shirts



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Shirts.

910.159.249. Patented Feb.2,1875. v

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UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE CHARLES J; COYLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIRTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,249, dated Februaly2, 1875; application led June l5, 1874.

, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES QI. COYLE, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a new and usetul Improvement inShirt-Bosoms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description ot' the saine, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is an adjustable and reversible frontispieceor center plait for shirt-bosoms, by the use of which several sizes otcollars can be worn without interfering with the sizes of the yoke ortit of the shirt, thereby enabling a person to wear any of the knownstyles of high, medium, or low cut; and, being susceptible ot'reversing, different faces can be exhibited from the same plait, such asembroidered on the one side and corded or stitched on the other.

The nature of the invention will be readily understood from theaccompanying drawings,

in which- Figure l is a plain view of a shirt-bosom prepared to receivemy improvement. Fig. 2 is a plain view with the center plait A elevatedand attached. Fig. 3 is a plain view with the center plait A and collarB attached, and adjusted at the lowest point. Fig. 4 is a plain viewwith center plait A and. collar B attached and elevated. Fig. 5 is asection through the bosom C and center plait A, showing the manner otattachment with the studs or buttons.

In order to attach the center plait to the body of the bosom and renderit adjustable, I make a series of eyelet-holes in the bosom, as shown atD D D, and pass the buttons or Wires of the studs through both-thecenter plait and the desired holes in the bosom, as shown at E in Fig.5. At the top of the center plait I make either a button-hole or place abutton there, to which I attach the collar, as shown at F in Fig. 4.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In combination with a shirt-bosom, having suitable eyelets or fasteningsto regulate the size of the collar-band, an adjustable reversible centerplait, substantially as described and shown, and for the purposes setforth.

rIhis specification signed and witnessed this 27th day of May, 1874.

CHARLES J. COYLE.

Witnesses:

JAMES POTTER, GEO. W. COOK.

